quad: There’s Quad and now there’s Aukus. Will this help India tackle China better? Hint: Two’s a company.
Synopsis
Just as the Quad was beginning to find its feet, Australia, the UK, and the US, came up with the Aukus pact. But does the Aukus, of which India isn’t part, overshadow Quad? Strategic-affairs experts in the countries that are part of the two alliances are puzzled. More important, did India’s guarded stance on China lead to the Aukus?
The world leaders from four major countries were ready. This was going to be the first in-person meeting of members of the Quad — the coming together of the US, Australia, India, and Japan as a strategic collaborative group. The task? To carefully calibrate a strategy to deal with China and monitor activities in the Indo-Pacific region. The date decided was September 24, 2021. But nine days before it, a development that experts describe as a
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